How to pronounce 吞 in Cantonese (22 out of 78):

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在这里吃些炸云吞了现在
There's some fried chicken here now.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

在 zoi6
(located) at
(to be) in
to exist
in the middle of doing sth
(indicating an action in progress)
to depend on
to rest with
to be alive
这 ze2
this
里 lei5
li (Chinese mile)
500 meters (modern)
home
hometown
village
neighborhood
administrative unit
lane
alley
a precinct
this place
here
a surname
吃 hek3
to eat
to consume
to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
to eradicate
to destroy
to absorb
to suffer
些 se1
some
few
several
measure word indicating a small amount or small number (greater than 1)
a little
somewhat
炸 zaa3
to explode
to fry in oil
to scald
to blow up
blast
bomb
to flare up
to fly into a rage
to deep fry
云 wan4
(classical) to say
speak
to mean
the simplified form of雲, clouds
吞 tan1
to swallow
to take
to annex
to engulf
to gulp
了 liu4
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret
现 jin6
appear

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